Lahore: Sri Lanka will host Pakistan’s home series against Australia in August this year, report on Tuesday.
Pakistan hosted most of the home series in United Arab Emirates as all the cricket playing nations refused to play in Pakistan after attack on Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore in March 2009.
Initially the series was considered to be played in South Africa and Australia but the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is considering Sri Lanka due to commercial reasons.
“Sri Lanka Cricket had expressed the desire to host the series to the PCB a month ago and both boards have no problems with it. I do not know about the stand of the other cricket board [CA] yet,”  ESPNcricinfo reported Ranatunga as saying.
The Australian cricket board also issued a statement saying, “Pakistan has kept us up to date on its plans for hosting the series they are due to play against us later this year and we are happy with the progress they are making, and with their consultation with us as they move through that process.”
The tour dates are yet to be decided however the PCB sources said that five match One Day Internationals and three Twenty20 matches would be played in series.
SLC secretary Nishantha Ranatunga and PCB director Intikhab Alam both saying they had agreed in principle to the arrangement. The Memorandum of understanding has not yet been signed and Alam will travel to Sri Lanka next week to finalise arrangements.
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